Labour Gazette Vol. LXIII, No. 4, December 1983

Abstract

December 1983. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Change proposed in Child Labour Law; Separate Judiciary for labour courts; Exempted provident fund rules for housing liberalised; Law to improve working conditions of construction workers; TB centres planned for beedi workers; Govt. keen on ensuring healthy industrial relations; Family planning schemes prove fruitful; New job plan to help 2.5 lakhs; Labour minister not in favour of five-day week; States’ frustrate efforts for child labour probe; 10 Lakh workers covered under PF scheme; Rs. 200 more for 35,000 fertilizer workers; Minimum labour wages raised; Bill to improve wages raised; Bill to improve lot of construction workers; Gratuity Act amendment; Need for long term wage settlements; Rate of special allowance. ARTICLES REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: The Price that the working class has to pay, by N.K. Bhatt. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. STATEMENT SHOWING CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS BY GROUPS FOR SEVEN CENTRES OF MAHARASHTRA. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.